May 2013

Wayne State University names Joan C. Dunbar as associate vice president of technology commercialization

DETROIT - Hilary Ratner, Ph.D., vice president for research at Wayne State University, announced the appointment of Joan C. Dunbar, Ph.D., of Bloomfield, Mich., as associate vice president of...

Wayne State researcher aims to make STEM education more accessible to Native American students

Detroit - Underrepresented minorities comprise approximately 30 percent of the U.S. population, but only 10 percent are college educated in the areas of science, technology, engineering and...

Wayne State University researcher's technique helps robotic vehicles find their way, help humans

DETROIT - A Wayne State University researcher understands that the three most important things about real estate also apply to small ground robotic vehicles: location, location, location. In a paper...

Wayne State University researcher’s technique can help nanoparticles deliver drug treatments

DETROIT - A Wayne State University researcher has successfully tested a technique that can lead to more effective use of nanoparticles as a drug delivery system. Joshua Reineke, Ph.D., assistant...

Wayne State researcher appointed adjunct foreign professor at prestigious Karolinska Institute

Mark Luborsky Detroit - Mark R. Luborsky, Ph.D., director of aging and health disparities research in the Institute of Gerontology (IOG), and professor of anthropology and...

April 2013

Wayne State professor elected president-elect of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics

Gerald Feldman DETROIT - Gerald Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.M.G., Wayne State University School of Medicine professor of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, has been elected...

Wayne State professor selected to receive WSU’s Career Development Chair Award

Vaibhav Diwadkar DETROIT - Vaibhav Diwadkar, Ph.D., associate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences for the Wayne State University School of Medicine, has been...

WSU study examines relationship between '91 Gulf War exposure, birth outcomes

Bengt Arnetz  Hikmet Jamil  Robert Sokol DETROIT - Data collected and analyzed at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in...

Wayne State research finds psychological vulnerable older adults are more susceptible to experience fraud

Detroit - Researchers at Wayne State University, in collaboration with Illinois Institute of Technology, recently published a study advising clinical gerontologists in the field to be aware of older...

Wayne State University biotech startup, Advaita, to participate in new Michigan I-Corps program

DETROIT - Advaita, a Plymouth, MI biotechnology startup company spun out from Wayne State University, is one of 25 companies selected to participate in the new Michigan I-Corps program starting May...

Wayne State University researchers seek calcium channels to target cancer tumors

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Crime rate calculation method due for overhaul, Wayne State University researchers say

David Merolla, Ph.D. Zavin Nazaretian DETROIT - A technique for calculating criminal incidence rates significantly underestimates the number of crimes -...

March 2013

Tipping points: Restaurant service linked to customer demographics, race, Wayne State University researcher finds

DETROIT - Restaurant servers are more likely to give better service to patron types they believe are more inclined to tip well, a Wayne State University researcher has found, a principle that has...

Wayne State to host “The Science of Optics: The History of Art”

DETROIT - Wayne State University's Department of Physics and Astronomy will host the 2013 Vaden W. Miles Memorial Lecture on April 4, 2013, at 4 p.m. in the Law School's Spencer M. Partrich...

Wayne State University researcher chronicles, gives new name to exhaustion suffered by cancer treatment patients

DETROIT - The fatigue experienced by patients undergoing cancer treatments has long been recognized by health care providers, although its causes and ways to manage it are still largely unknown. A...

Wayne State technology licensed by RetroSense Therapeutics receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. patent application for new approaches to vision restoration

DETROIT - Technology to restore vision through the use of a component of green algae developed by Dr. Zhuo-Han Pan, professor and scientific director of the Ligon Research Center of Vision at the...

February 2013

Study led by Wayne State researcher shows airborne dust in urban areas is primary culprit in rise and fall of lead levels in children

DETROIT - A team of researchers led by Shawn P. McElmurry, Ph.D., P.E., assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering in Wayne State University's College of Engineering, has confirmed...

Wayne State University professor selected for prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship

DETROIT - Wen Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry in Wayne State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was one of 126 researchers selected to receive a $50,000 Sloan Research...

Wayne State University researcher's techniques enable more, faster testing of biological liquids

DETROIT - Two National Science Foundation (NSF) grants to a Wayne State University researcher could amount to far more than a drop in the bucket when it comes to handling liquids for biological...

WSU neuroscientists led by Dr. Moriah Thomason capture brain connectivity in human fetuses

Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers have shown for the first time that brain connectivity in human fetuses can be measured, which could translate into new ways to diagnose...

Long-distance love: technology can help relationships survive this Valentine's Day, Wayne State University researcher says

DETROIT - Whether they're in the same house or continents apart this Valentine's Day, romantic partners have a lot of communication tools available to help them stay part of each other's...

Benign breast disease factors could put African-American women at risk for cancer, Wayne State University researcher finds

DETROIT — A Wayne State University researcher has identified characteristics in benign breast disease associated with future cancer risk in African-American women. Michele Cote, Ph.D...

January 2013

Ants' behavior leads to Wayne State University researcher's method for optimizing product development time, costs

DETROIT - Trying to find just the right balance of time spent in meetings and time performing tasks is a tough problem for managers, but a Wayne State University researcher believes the behavior of...

Wayne State University physicians embark on study to improve identification of women at high risk of stroke

DETROIT- A team of Wayne State University School of Medicine physicians will seek to develop methods to better identify women at increased risk for stroke using a new type of professional education...

Michigan's University Research Corridor R&D Spending Growth Surpasses Other Leading U.S. Research Clusters

LANSING, Mich. - Michigan's University Research Corridor (URC) generated $15.5 billion in economic impact statewide, exceeded $2 billion in annual research expenditures and awarded more than 31,600...

Wayne State University researcher to evaluate success of text message diabetes intervention

DETROIT - A Wayne State University researcher has received a combined $36,000 in grants from the Southeastern Michigan Health Association and Greater Cincinnati HealthBridge, Inc. to help determine...

Wayne State University biotech startup Advaita receives prestigious NIH CAP award

DETROIT - Advaita Corporation, a spinout company from Wayne State University, was selected to participate in the National Institutes of Health's (NI Sorin Draghici, Ph.D. H)...

Wayne State University researchers publish important study on problem gambling

DETROIT - Pathological gambling affects up to 2 percent of the population in North America, and as legalized gambling increases, this percentage will likely grow. Pathological gambling is an impulse...

Wayne State University researcher working to make intersections safer

DETROIT - A Wayne State University researcher is part of a federally funded effort that could lead to safer intersections on our nation's roadways. Timothy Gates, assistant professor of civil and...